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[hreg] Electric Restructuring - Rules in Review

HREG team: I have observed the rulemaking process at the Public Utilities Commission in Austin for the past two months. The PUC has been holding public

Message 1 of 4
, Sep 14, 1999

HREG team:

I have observed the rulemaking process at the
Public Utilities Commission in Austin for the past two months. The PUC has
been holding public meetings on the subject of Electric Industry Restructuring
(Senate Bill 7). Proposed Rules are now on the web for public
review. I think the Houston Renewable Energy Group should formally respond
during the comment period (until OCT 15). PLEASE review the rules
at

The project number is 20944. I solicit your
comments. I will draft up a group comment statement, if you all
agree. Thanks.

Jonathan A. Clemens

(281) 335-1155

Ewert, Mike

Jonathan, I looked at some of the proceedings of the PUC on the web page you sent us. I must admit that this is a new area for me and I don t understand much

Message 2 of 4
, Sep 19, 1999

Jonathan, I looked at some of the proceedings of the
PUC on the web page you sent us. I must admit that this is a new area for
me and I don't understand much of it. I think that may be the case with
many of our members. Nevertheless, it does seem appropriate for HREG to be
involved and comment. So, I for one, would like to see your draft
comments. Kathryn Houser, has TXSES made or planned to make
comments?

I have observed the rulemaking process at the
Public Utilities Commission in Austin for the past two months. The PUC
has been holding public meetings on the subject of Electric Industry
Restructuring (Senate Bill 7). Proposed Rules are now on the web for
public review. I think the Houston Renewable Energy Group should
formally respond during the comment period (until OCT 15). PLEASE review
the rules at

... Many of our individual members are extremely involved in the rule making process, particularly those who live here in Austin where most of the action is

Message 3 of 4
, Sep 20, 1999

Ewert, Mike wrote:

>
> Jonathan, I looked at some of the proceedings of the PUC on the web
> page you sent us. I must admit that this is a new area for me and I
> don't understand much of it. I think that may be the case with many
> of our members. Nevertheless, it does seem appropriate for HREG to be
> involved and comment. So, I for one, would like to see your draft
> comments. Kathryn Houser, has TXSES made or planned to make comments?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jclemens [mailto:jclemens@...]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 1999 4:17 PM
> To: hreg@egroups.com
> Cc: mike.ewert@...; jclem412@...
> Subject: [hreg] Electric Restructuring - Rules in Review
>
> HREG team:
>
> I have observed the rulemaking process at the Public
> Utilities Commission in Austin for the past two months. The
> PUC has been holding public meetings on the subject of
> Electric Industry Restructuring (Senate Bill 7). Proposed
> Rules are now on the web for public review. I think the
> Houston Renewable Energy Group should formally respond
> during the comment period (until OCT 15). PLEASE review the
> rules at
>
> www.puc.state.tx.us/electric/projects
>
> The project number is 20944. I solicit your comments. I
> will draft up a group comment statement, if you all agree.
> Thanks.
>
> Jonathan A. Clemens
> (281) 335-1155

Many of our individual members are extremely involved in the rule making
process, particularly those who live here in Austin where most of the
action is taking place. We have signed on a few position papers along
with many other associations and businesses. We are actually having the
Texas Renewable Energy Industries Association (TREIA) take the lead on
this, as policy making is part of their mission more specifically than
TXSES--one of the reasons we both exist, with many joint members.
Kathryn

Chuck Wright

... There is always the concern over how much it is appropriate for TXSES, as a 501C3 non-profit, and who s official mission is education, to become involved

Message 4 of 4
, Sep 20, 1999

Kathryn Houser wrote:

>
> Many of our individual members are extremely involved in the rule making
> process, particularly those who live here in Austin where most of the
> action is taking place. We have signed on a few position papers along
> with many other associations and businesses. We are actually having the
> Texas Renewable Energy Industries Association (TREIA) take the lead on
> this, as policy making is part of their mission more specifically than
> TXSES--one of the reasons we both exist, with many joint members.
> Kathryn

There is always the concern over how much it is appropriate for TXSES,
as a 501C3 non-profit, and who's official mission is education, to become
involved in trying to influence policy. I don't think we understand this
much.
But, we have tended to shy away from putting the TXSES name behind
specific policy recommendations. I find it tough to know what the right
thing
to do is. As Kathryn says, it makes a lot of sense for us to let TREIA
handle that end of it (realizing that there is a certain amount of overlap
in the memberships!).

- Chuck

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